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Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google by WitCanStain on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:59PM (#25296543)
Do you have sources where I can read about this?
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Re:AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google by baryphonic on Sunday December 06, 2020 @11:22PM (#25329300)
Yes.

For the former, I'd recommend chapter three of Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks & White Liberals, about the history of slavery.[1]

For the latter, I'd recommend Illiberal Reformers, about the Progressive Era and its devotees.[2] Later Progressives were responsible for the school-to-prison pipeline and militarized police.[3] The Progressive Era has a wide array of interesting literature, including the writings of many of its early exponents (since they tended to be writers or academics).

[1]https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rednecks-Liberals-Thomas-Sowell...

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Illiberal-Reformers-Eugenics-Economic...

[3]https://reason.com/2017/01/21/no-way-out/

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